Moderate earthquake, 5.3 mag has occurred near Yonakuni in Japan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Yonakuni in Japan. Exact location of earthquake, 122.4697° East, 24.2723° North, depth 49.65 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000abge. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000abge. The temblor was reported at 20:18:59 / 8:18 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/06/20 / 2020-06-13 20:18:59 / June 13, 2020 @ 8:18 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 49.65 km (31 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Taiwan (c. 22 894 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (58 miles) from Hualian (c. 350 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Yilan (c. 94 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Hualian, Yilan (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 57 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	122.4697° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	24.2723° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	49.65 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	57 km WSW of Yonakuni, Japan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-13 20:18:59	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-13 20:36:04	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	432	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.53	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.06 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000abge	Id of event.
Event Code	6000abge	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000abge,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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